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6. July 1,
CNN – (Massachusetts) Barn fire kills 7,000 young turkeys on
Massachusetts farm. A June 30 fire at Bob’s Turkey Farm in Lancaster,
Massachusetts, killed 7,000 turkeys and destroyed the barn. The cause of the
fire is under investigation.

• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District began
reductions of water flow from Lake Okeechobee, targeting the Caloosahatchee
Estuary and the St. Lucie Estuary, July 1 due to an increase of noxious algae
blooms and other environmental damage that foul beaches on Florida’s Atlantic
coast. – Associated Press

9. July 1,
Associated Press – (Florida) Army Corps to reduce lake flows fueling Florida
Algae Bloom. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District began
reductions of water flow from Lake Okeechobee, targeting the Caloosahatchee
Estuary and the St. Lucie Estuary, July 1 due to an increase of noxious algae
blooms and other environmental damage that foul beaches on Florida’s Atlantic
coast. Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/army-corps-reduce-lake-flows-fueling-florida-algae-40271392

10. June 30,
KHON 2 Honolulu – (Hawaii) Warning signs posted after sewage spill at Joint
Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. An 18-inch wastewater force main ruptured June 30
spilling approximately 27,000 gallons of sewage into a nearby storm drain at
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam adjacent to Honolulu, prompting officials to
post warning signs advising people to stay out of the water until the water is
tested and deemed safe. Crews are still working to repair the ruptured main and
clear nearly 7,000 gallons of sewage that was discharged from a canal near
Hickam Beach. Source: http://khon2.com/2016/06/30/warning-signs-posted-after-sewage-spill-at-joint-base-pearl-harbor-hickam/

• An affidavit unsealed June 30 revealed that the U.S. Department
of Justice found in April 2015 that a former, convicted U.S. Secret Service
agent allegedly stole an additional $700,000 worth of Bitcoin from a U.S.
Secret Service account 3 months after the agency was urged to block his access.
– Reuters

14. June 30,
Reuters – (National) Former U.S. Secret Service agent suspected in
additional Bitcoin thefts. An affidavit unsealed June 30 revealed that the
U.S. Department of Justice found in April 2015 that a former, convicted U.S.
Secret Service agent allegedly stole an additional $700,000 worth of Bitcoin
from a U.S. Secret Service account 3 months after the agency was urged to block
his access. The former agent reportedly kept a private cryptographic key giving
him access to a Bitcoin wallet that the Silk Road task force had seized and
2014, and never moved the funds out of.

3. June 30,
Raleigh News & Observer – (North Carolina) Man accused
of using fraudulent plastic to charge $85,000 in purchases. A Raleigh
resident was arrested June 29 for allegedly using a fraudulent credit card to
spend approximately $85,000 at businesses in Cary and Garner, North Carolina,
and for cashing two checks drawn on a closed Bank of America account.

16. July 1,
Softpedia – (International) Free decrypter available for Unlock92
ransomware. An independent security researcher created a decrypter tool for
the ransomware, Unlock92 after security researchers from Malwarebytes
discovered the new ransomware can encrypt victims’ files with a symmetric and
Advanced Encryption Standard encryption (AES) and generate a 64-character
hexadecimal password for each target. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/free-decrypter-available-for-unlock92-ransomware-505883.shtml

17. July 1,
SecurityWeek – (International) Foxit patches RCE flaws in Reader,
PhantomPDF. Foxit Software released updates for its Reader and PhantomPDF
products running version 7.3.4.311 and earlier Windows versions, that addressed
more than a dozen vulnerabilities including out-of-bounds read, heap buffer
overflows, stack buffer overflow, user-after-free, and uninitialized pointer
issues that could have been exploited remotely to expose sensitive information,
crash the application, and execute arbitrary code. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/foxit-patches-rce-flaws-reader-phantompdf

18. June 30,
SecurityWeek – (International) Hackers can exploit LibreOffice flaw with RTF
files. LibreOffice 5.1.4 was released June 30 after security researchers
from Cisco Talos discovered that the Rich Text Format (RTF) parser in
LibreOffice was susceptible to a flaw that could allow an attacker to execute
arbitrary code using specially crafted RTF files by tricking the victim into
opening a malicious RTF file sent via email.

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About Me

U.S. Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer with more than 40 years in information technology and 35 years in information security. Became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional in 1995 and have taught computer security in Asia, Canada and the United States. Wrote a computer security column for 5 years in the 1980s titled "for the Sake Of Security", penname R. E. (Bob) Johnston, which was published in Computer Decisions.
Motto: "When entrusted to process, you are obligated to safeguard"